The Story of Mohammed Islam Unveiled by Harry Richardson

Author:Harry Richardson [Richardson, Harry]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Published: 2013-12-11T06:00:00+00:00

From “The Australian” Newspaper Letters Page, September 19, 2012

Your editorial calls for an open, frank and ongoing discussion in the battle of ideas about contemporary Islam. Tragically, such open discussion is not possible in our universities, as I have discovered to my cost.

My refusal to adopt a pro-Islamist terrorist and anti-American position in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks led to a concerted campaign of vilification against me that lasted for several years and only subsided when I won a Work Cover case against my employer.

Moreover, over the past decade there have been many demands that I be sacked for publishing my views on Islamist extremism and I have also been threatened several times with legal action. One of the persons who made such threats - and also demanded my dismissal - is a senior academic who teaches at Australia's premier defence academy. Another holds a leadership position in a national centre of excellence in Islamic studies.

Unfortunately, this prolonged series of attacks on me for engaging in public debate about Islam and Islamist extremism has seriously damaged my health and has now led to my early retirement. Such is the price of academic discussion of Islam in this country.

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